Multi-purpose towel for golf equipments

ABSTRACT

A multi-purpose towel for golf equipments includes a towel part having a predetermined geometrical shape, an engaging part attached to the towel part for attachment to a golf equipments, and a golf ball cleaning part. The towel part includes a towel cloth that is suitable to clean golf club or other golf equipments. The towel part is preferably rectangular and its area is between 600 square centimeters and 2600 square centimeters. The engaging part includes hooking clip and attached to an edge of the towel part. The golf ball cleaning part includes a patch of cloth. The patch includes a plurality of bristles of predetermined length and stiffness suitable to brush out dirt from the embossments of a golf ball. Alternatively, the golf ball cleaning part includes a pocket. The pocket has an internal surface made of cloth suitable to cleaning a golf ball.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention is related to a multi-purpose towel for golf equipments.More particularly the invention is related to a multi-purpose towel thatfacilitates to clean a golf ball as well as golf club and other golfequipments and that is handy for the golfer to use during the play. Theinvention is also related to a multi-purpose towel for golf equipments,which has either a golf ball cleaning patch or a golf ball cleaningpocket instead of patch on a towel part.

Conventionally, the golfers have used a regular towel, brush, golf ballwasher, or golf ball cleaner in order to clean a golf ball while theyplay golf. A towel is handy, but not so efficient against someconditions such as tough mud stuck in the embossments of the golf ball.A brush can be used against the mud, but it is not always easy to holdand brush the golf ball safely and cleanly with hands. A golf ballwasher is very effective to clean a golf ball in a dirty condition, butit is available only beside the tee area. Since a golfer usually needsto clean the golf ball on the green, the golf ball washer is not helpfulat the moment of great need. A golf ball cleaner of box type is alsogood at fighting the dirt off the golf ball, but it is bulky to carryaround and inconvenient to use because liquid is related.

Accordingly, a need for a handy and efficient golf ball cleaning towelis present and immediate. It should be handy to carry around even offthe tee area, efficient to fight against a tough dirt stuck in theembossments of a golf ball, and easy to handle a relatively small ballin a slippery situation. This invention is directed to solve theseproblems and satisfy the long-felt need.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The multi-purpose towel for golf equipments is an innovation mainly oncleaning a golf ball all across the golf field. With the hooking clip,the multi-purpose towel can be attached to a golf equipments such as agolf bag or to a golfer's belt. The present invention contrives to solvethe disadvantages of the prior art.

An object of the invention is to provide a multi-purpose towel for golfequipments, which is particularly efficient to clean a golf ball.

Another object of the invention is to provide a multi-purpose towel forgolf equipments, which is easy to use and handle in a golf course. Inorder to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides amulti-purpose towel for golf equipments that includes a towel parthaving a predetermined geometrical shape, an engaging part attached tothe towel part for attachment to a golf equipments, preferably hookingclip, and a golf ball cleaning part made of fabric with a highcoefficient of friction.

The towel part includes a towel cloth that is suitable to wipe agolfer's hands or to clean golf club or other golf equipments. The towelpart is preferably rectangular and its area is big enough to accommodatethe golf ball cleaning part and the regular towel part on themulti-purpose towel, preferably between about 600 square centimeters andabout 2600 square centimeters.

The engaging part includes a hooking clip and is attached to an edge ofthe towel part.

The golf ball cleaning part includes a patch of cloth. The patchincludes a plurality of bristles of predetermined length and stiffnesssuitable to brush out dirt from the embossments of a golf ball. The golfball cleaning part has a predetermined geometrical shape, preferably asquare or a circle.

Alternatively, the golf ball cleaning part includes a pocket. The pockethas an internal surface made of cloth with a plurality of bristles ofpredetermined length and stiffness. The shape of the pocket can berectangle or semi-circle, and the size of pocket is big enough to hold agolf ball. The golf ball cleaning pocket has a couple of holes at thebottom, which is big enough to shed dirt from inside of the pocket butsmall enough to keep a golf ball from slipping past.

The invention includes many embodiments from the combination of thevariation of the parts of the multi-purpose towel. In other embodiments,the shape of the towel part can be diamond, square, oval, trapezoid, ortriangle, and the shape of the golf ball cleaning part can be diamond,square, oval, or circle. The golf ball cleaning part is a style ofeither a patch or a pocket.

Many other innovations, features, and advantages will be evident withthe following description of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the multi-purpose towel with a golf ballcleaning patch;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a detailed cross-sectional view of part A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the multi-purpose towel with a golf ballcleaning pocket.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a detailed cross-sectional view of part B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a multi-purpose towel attachedto a golf bag; and

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of hooking clip hooked to a part of a golfbag.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In FIG. 1, a multi-purpose towel 50 for golf equipments is shown. Themulti-purpose towel includes a towel part 10 having a predeterminedgeometrical shape, an engaging part 12 attached to the towel part 10 forattachment to a golf equipments, and a golf ball cleaning part 14partially covering the towel part 10.

The towel part 10 of predetermined shape, preferably rectangular, isusually used to wipe a golfer's hands or to clean the golf club or othergolf equipments, but not quite efficient to clean a golf ball.Therefore, we need a tougher measure to clean a golf ball. The problemcan be solved by providing a golf ball cleaning part 14 partiallycovering the towel part 10 as shown in FIG. 2. The golf ball cleaningpart 14 is made of a patch of cloth. The patch includes a plurality ofbristles 20 or loops 22 shown in FIG. 3 of predetermined length andstiffness suitable to brush out dirt from the embossments of a golfball. The golf ball cleaning part 14 has a high coefficient of frictionand is preferably made of Velcro, and has a predetermined shape,preferably rectangular. For the purpose of decoration and safety, thetowel part 10 is hemmed with a strip of soft cloth 16.

The multi-purpose towel 50 has an engaging part 12 for the attachment togolf equipments. The engaging part 12 is preferably a hooking clip 12 tobe hooked to a semi-circular ring, a part of a golf bag as shown in FIG.7 and FIG. 8.

In FIG. 4, a multi-purpose towel 60 for golf equipments with a golf ballcleaning pocket 24 is shown. Compared to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1,this embodiment has the pocket 24 as the golf ball cleaning part insteadof the patch 14. The golf ball cleaning pocket 24 is big enough to holda golf ball, and has one or two internal surfaces 26, as shown in FIG. 5and FIG. 6, that are made of cloth, preferably Velcro, with a pluralityof bristles 20 or loops 22 as in FIG. 3 of predetermined length andstiffness suitable to brush out dirt from the embossments of a golf ball90. The golf ball cleaning pocket 24 has one or more holes 28 at thebottom as shown in FIG. 4, which is big enough to shed dirt accumulatedotherwise and small enough to keep the golf ball 90 from slipping past.

The multi-purpose towel 50 or 60 is easy to carry around the golf field.As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the multi-purpose towel 50 can beattached to a golf bag using the hooking clip 12, the engaging part. Ifnecessary, the multi-purpose towel 50 can be unhooked from the golf bagand then hooked to a golfer's waist belt, for instance. FIG. 8 shows thedetail of hooking the clip 12 to a golf bag.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference todifferent embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated by those skilledin the art that variations in form, detail, compositions and operationmay be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas defined by the accompanying claims.

1. A multi-purpose towel for golf equipments, comprising: a) a towelpart having a predetermined geometrical shape; b) an engaging partattached to the towel part; and c) a golf ball cleaning part partiallycovering the towel part.
 2. The multi-purpose towel according to claim1, wherein the towel part comprises a towel cloth that is adapted toclean golf club or other golf equipments.
 3. The multi-purpose towelaccording to claim 1, wherein the predetermined shape is a rectangle. 4.The multi-purpose towel according to claim 1, wherein the towel part hasan area between about 600 square centimeters and about 2600 squarecentimeters.
 5. The multi-purpose towel according to claim 1, whereinthe engaging part is attached to an edge of the towel part.
 6. Themulti-purpose towel according to claim 5, wherein the engaging part is ahooking clip.
 7. The multi-purpose towel according to claim 1, whereinthe golf ball cleaning part comprises a patch of cloth, wherein thepatch comprises a plurality of bristles of predetermined length andstiffness adapted to brush out dirt from the embossments of a golf ball.8. The multi-purpose towel according to claim 7, wherein the golf ballcleaning part is provided near an edge of the towel part.
 9. Themulti-purpose towel according to claim 8, wherein the towel part ishemmed with a strip of cloth.
 10. The multi-purpose towel according toclaim 1, wherein the golf ball cleaning part is made of a fabric,wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of loops of predeterminedlength and stiffness adapted to brush out dirt from the embossments of agolf ball.
 11. The multi-purpose towel according to claim 10, whereinthe golf ball cleaning part is provided near an edge of the towel part.12. The multi-purpose towel according to claim 1, wherein the golf ballcleaning part comprises a pocket, wherein the pocket comprises aninternal surface made of cloth with a plurality of bristles ofpredetermined length and stiffness suitable to brush out dirt from theembossments of a golf ball.
 13. The multi-purpose towel according toclaim 12, wherein the pocket is provided near an edge of the towel part.14. The multi-purpose towel according to claim 12, wherein the pocket isbig enough to hold a golf ball.
 15. The multi-purpose towel according toclaim 12, wherein the pocket has one or more holes at the bottom,wherein each of the holes is big enough to shed dirt but small enough tokeep a golf ball from slipping past.
 16. The multi-purpose towelaccording to claim 12, wherein the internal surface of the pocket ismade of fabric, wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of loops ofpredetermined length and stiffness adapted to brush out dirt from theembossments of a golf ball.